What did the believers in Macedonia and Achaia contribute to the poor saints at Jerusalem?
The believers in Macedonia and Achaia made a certain contribution for the poor saints at Jerusalem. According to Romans 15:25-26, Paul was going to Jerusalem to minister to the Jewish believers, and those Gentile churches gave offerings to help them.
Les explains that God, by the guidance of the Holy Spirit, inspired Paul and Barnabas so that as they circulated among those Gentile churches, they would take collections and offerings for those poor Jews in Jerusalem. He connects this with Romans 15:25-26, where Paul says he goes to Jerusalem to minister to the saints, the Jewish believers. Macedonia is northern Greece, and Achaia is southern Greece, and they made a certain contribution for the poor saints at Jerusalem. This was the whole idea: when they got permission from the Twelve to preach this gospel, they remembered the poor Jewish believers in Jerusalem. Les also points to 1 Corinthians chapter 16, verse 1, concerning the collection.
For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
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How could poor believers in Macedonia and Achaia give an offering to Jerusalem?
Even though the Macedonian and Achaian believers were poverty stricken, they gave of what they had so Paul could take the offering to the poor Jewish saints in Jerusalem.